Nero DVD Speed v0.5 released...

After Nero DriveSpeed, Nero now comes with DVD Speed. DVD Speed is a DVD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of a DVD-ROM drive like Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU usage, Transfer rate and Spinup/spindown times.

Changes: Full support for DVD-RAM (read, write) New tests Access Time or Seek Time (selectable) Interface Burst Rate Load/Eject Test User selectable CPU usage speed Layer Change Time Improved interface RPM display Improved disc type detection Many small enhancements More detailed results More options

Nero always has great programs. You should check this one out! You can find full documentation here or download Nero DVD Speed v0.5 here (only 46kB!).

Source: CD Speed Homepage